Goodbye Donna

RIP Donna Summer. You were one of my first disco loves, you glorious diva queen. I will always love to love you, baby. <3

Perhaps a mixtape of my lesser-known Donna favorites later on…

Coachella 2012 Pre-Party Mixtape

Mixtape time!! Coachella draws near, and I’m getting really excited. Here are a few of my favorite songs from the lineup this year. Who are you most excited to see?? Me: Breakbot, Neon Indian, and Metronomy, among many others.

1. GIVERS – “Ceiling of Plankton”

2. Kaskade feat. Dragonette – “Fire in Your New Shoes”

3. Breakbot – “Baby I’m Yours”

4. Housse De Racket – “Synthetiseur” (Housse de Racket remix)

5. Arctic Monkeys – “Brick by Brick”

6. Metronomy – “The Bay”

7. Justice – “Helix”

8. Madeon – “Icarus”

9. Neon Indian – “Polish Girl”

10. Metronomy – “A Thing for Me” (Breakbot remix)

Valentine Mixtape

Mixtape #2: Valentine’s Edition! Songs about love, for lovers, except, y’know, not lame. Nothing quiet about this disco storm. Equally suited for dancing or loving…. It’s sugar frosted, baby.

Tracklist:

“Running Back to You” – Perseus

“Prisoner of Love” – Jessica 6 (feat. Antony)

“Sugar Frosted Lover” – The Flakes

Lab File #11 – Tiger & Woods (haha, unromantic name for a DOPE track.. I think of it as the “Romeo and Juliet” one)

“I Just Love What You’re Doing” – Hot Chocolate

“Where You’ll Stay” – Falcon Punch

“With You Forever” – PNAU

“Don’t Stop the Dub” – Majesty’s Pleasure

“True Romance” – Citizens! (Cassian remix)

“2 Hearts” – Digitalism

Mixtape #1

8tracks.com is a really cool site that lets you make mixes using uploaded songs or Soundcloud files. I’m going to start posting these once in awhile

For the first one I didn’t obsess over it too much. A bunch of my favorite dark synthy nu-disco tracks for the most part.

Track list:

1. Chromatics – “Mask”

2. Yuksek – “On a Train” (The Magician remix)

3. Oliver – “Memories of the Future”

4. Beth Ditto – “I Wrote the Book”

5. Todd Terje – “Swing Star Pt. 2″

6. Is Tropical – “Lies”

7. Voltaire Twins – “Romulus” (Moulinex remix)

8. Haruomi Hosono – “Sports Men”